The "five kernels" in the five kernel moon cake are almond, peach kernel, olive kernel, sesame kernel and melon seed kernel.

Wuren moon cake is one of the traditional Chinese cakes. There are different ways to make Wuren moon cakes all over the country, which is the most famous of all kinds of moon cakes in Mid-Autumn Festival.

It has the characteristics of exquisite ingredients, thin skin and many fillings, delicious taste, not easy to break and easy to carry. This kind of moon cake is drum-shaped, with slightly bulging edges, clear patterns and handwriting, correct shape, no skin breakage, no stuffing exposure and sharp edges and corners; The edge is ivory and the bottom is brownish red; It tastes sweet, soft and crisp, and has a variety of nut flavors.

Production content

The raw materials for making Wuren moon cakes are: standard flour, fine sugar, cooked vegetable oil, lard, eggs, rose sugar, syrup, cooked standard flour, walnut kernels, peanuts, pine nuts, hemp seeds, washed sesame seeds, candied wax gourd, white wine, alkali and tangerine peel sugar.

South almond, melon seeds, olive seeds, sugar orange cakes and cooked glutinous rice flour (replaced by cooked flour) in the traditional formula were removed, and the consumption of preserved wax gourd was increased. The production process includes syrup preparation, dough mixing, stuffing making, stuffing forming, baking, cooling and packing, which is the finished product. ?

At the end of 20 15, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine and the National Standardization Administration jointly promulgated a new version of the moon cake standard. The new national standard defines the ingredients of "five-kernel moon cake" and points out that the moon cake filled with five main raw materials, namely walnut kernel, almond, olive kernel, melon seed kernel and sesame, can only be called "five-kernel moon cake".